org.onemind.commons.java.sql
Class MetaData

java.lang.Object
  org.onemind.commons.java.sql.MetaData

public class MetaData

extends java.lang.Object

A MetaData contains metadata about a database table

Version:

$Id: MetaData.java,v 1.2 2004/08/26 12:33:18 thlee Exp $ $Name: $

Author:

TiongHiang Lee (thlee@onemindsoft.org)

Constructor Summary

MetaData(java.lang.String name)
create a MetaData with id id

MetaData(java.lang.String name, java.lang.String idFieldName)
create a MetaData with id id and primaryke pj

Method Summary

void	addField(Field field) add a new field
Field	getField(java.lang.String name) get the field with id name
java.util.Map	getFields() get the fields in this MetaData
java.lang.String	getId() return the id of the MetaData
Field	getIdField() return the primary key field
java.lang.String	getIdFieldName() Return the id field name
boolean	hasField(java.lang.String name) return whether there's a field with id name
void	setFields(java.util.Map fields) set the fields of the MetaData
void	setIdFieldName(java.lang.String string) Set the id field name

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MetaData

public MetaData(java.lang.String name)

create a MetaData with id id

Parameters:

name - the name

MetaData

public MetaData(java.lang.String name,
                java.lang.String idFieldName)

create a MetaData with id id and primaryke pj

Parameters:

name - the name

idFieldName - the unique identifier field name

Method Detail

addField

public void addField(Field field)

add a new field

Parameters:

field - the field

getField

public Field getField(java.lang.String name)

get the field with id name

Parameters:

name - the name

Returns:

the field, or null

getFields

public java.util.Map getFields()

get the fields in this MetaData

Returns:

Map the map

getId

public java.lang.String getId()

return the id of the MetaData

Returns:

the id

getIdField

public Field getIdField()

return the primary key field

Returns:

the id field

getIdFieldName

public java.lang.String getIdFieldName()

Return the id field name

Returns:

the id field name

hasField

public boolean hasField(java.lang.String name)

return whether there's a field with id name

Parameters:

name - the field name

Returns:

true if has the field

setFields

public void setFields(java.util.Map fields)

set the fields of the MetaData

Parameters:

fields - the fields

setIdFieldName

public void setIdFieldName(java.lang.String string)

Set the id field name

Parameters:

string - the id field name